It
appears, by his small light of discretion, that he is in the wane; but yet, in
courtesy, in all reason, we must stay the time.
-Theseus
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act V, Scene i, Line 245
This is the scene where a bunch of the characters are
watching a play, within the play. They’ve just seen one of the players appear
with a lantern, doing his best to portray the man in the moon. This is roundly criticized as a
poor portrayal of the moon, but then Theseus (who is, after all, the Duke here) comes
in with today’s totally random line. He’s telling the other audience members
that it appears to be a waning moon, and that they need to lighten up and watch
the play: stay the time. See it out. Shut up and watch the play.
That would seem to be sound advice. Advice I myself should
follow more often. Stop complaining and questioning, Pete. In courtesy, in all
reason, shut up and listen with an open mind. Stay the time.
Well, I fell down the rabbit hole of looking for a pic for a while, and then I realized that I don't need a pic for every post. So here you go: a pic-less post. After all, no one's going to read this post based on my pics. I'd need a video of a chipmunk dressed in a football uniform dancing to a marachi band in order to get viewers for my blog. I don't have that. Sorry.
1 comment:
A chipmunk dressed in a football uniform dancing to a mariachi band would indeed be a good picture. But the description was just as enticing for me.
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